Banknote deposit machine, processing system and method

Abstract

A printed note deposit machine, comprises: a user recognition unit identifying a user with an authenticated person; an inlet unit serving as a receiving teller in which printed notes are deposited; a dispensing unit receiving printed notes deposited in the inlet unit to dispense them in sequence; an identifying unit classifying the dispensed printed notes into four categories of authenticated notes, counterfeit notes, unidentifiable notes, and rejected notes, and identified them with the four categories; a temporary money holder temporarily storing the authenticated, counterfeit, and unidentified notes but the rejected ones therein; a plurality of storage cells storing the printed notes after they are temporarily stored in the previous stage; and a rejection unit accumulating the printed notes identified with the rejected notes by the identifying unit to return them to the user. A printed note deposit system, comprises: a plurality of the printed note deposit machines; a database apparatus installed in a central office and receiving transaction data from the memory of each of the printed note deposit machines to accumulate the transaction data; and a trace unit matching the transaction data accumulated in the database apparatus with transaction data on the detected counterfeit or unidentified notes to track down a user of the unauthenticated notes.

Description

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This application is based upon and claims the benefit of priority from the prior Japanese Patent Application No. 2003-105330, filed on Apr. 9, 2003; the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention relates to printed note processing machine and system that performs a receiving teller process for deposit of printed notes including currency bills.[0003]In depositing money in a bank or its alternative money exchange system, it has typically been conducted that deposited currency bills are all identified with and categorized into authenticated notes (including damaged notes), unauthenticated counterfeit notes, unidentifiable notes, and rejected notes due to an overlap of more than one notes or a canted posture of notes.[0004]It is also very common that any printed note recognized as the counterfeit note, the unidentifiable note, or the rejected note but the authenticated n...

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Benefits of technology

The present invention provides a printed note deposit machine and system that can detect and capture counterfeit notes, allowing for a real proof of a crime. The machine uses ID sensors to classify deposited currency bills into authenticated, counterfeit, unidentifiable, and rejected notes, which are then stored in a memory. The system also includes a database apparatus and a trace unit to match transaction data on the suspected counterfeit or unidentifiable note with data on the customer who has deposited it, allowing for the identification of the user who has used the unauthenticated bank notes. Overall, the invention improves the ability to detect and capture counterfeit notes, ensuring the safety of the banking system.

Problems solved by technology

It is a crime to use counterfeit notes, and when currency bills used for payment or deposit in a bank are recognized as counterfeit notes, the currency bills must be cautiously examined if they truly are counterfeited notes.

Such a prior art printed note deposit machine immediately returns the counterfeit and unidentifiable notes without a temporary capture, and hence, an opportunity to identify them and then a proof of a crime are lost.

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